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What makes up an information system?. hardwaresoftwaredataprocedurespeople. General Systems Model. A system is any group of elements that work together for a common purposeSystems concepts can be applied to any type of system. Systems Model Components. . . . . . . . . BOUNDARY. SUBSYSTEMS. INPUT.
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1. OMIS 651 Business Systems Analysis & Design
2. What makes up an information system?
hardware
software
data
procedures
people
3. General Systems Model A system is any group of elements that work together for a common purpose
Systems concepts can be applied to any type of system
4. Systems Model Components
5. Uses of the Systems Model Way of looking at systems within their environment
A problem solving approach
6. Information Data vs. information
Information processing
acquire
maintain
summarize
calculate
present
7. Who is involved in ISD? Stakeholders
System owners
System users
System designers
System builders
8. Systems Analysts’ Tasks Define new system requirements
Define scope and objectives of systems and projects
Prepare for and conduct interviews with users
Design system components such as screen and report layouts and user interface
Analyze existing systems
9. What makes a good systems analyst? Analytical skills
Technical skills
Communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Organizational knowledge
Application knowledge
10. Systems development: Is it an art or a science?
11. Trends in Systems Development Unsystematic approach
Structured approach
output-oriented --> process-oriented
Data-centered approach
Object-oriented approach
12. System Development Life Cycle 1. Planning
- project identification & selection
- project initiation
2. Analysis
13. SDLC (continued) 3. Design
- logical & physical
4. Implementation
- construction, testing, conversion
5. Support/Maintenance
14. “SDLC” versus “Methodology” An implementation of the life cycle:
step-by-step activities for each phase
roles for designers, owners, users, builders
deliverables and quality standards
tools and techniques
15. Alternatives to the SDLC Traditional method
Prototyping
End-user development
Off-the-shelf software
Outsourcing
16. There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit from the new order, this lukewarmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries -- and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not believe in anything new until they had had actual experience of it. From Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Prince and Discourses, trans. Luigi Ricci, 1940, 1950, Random House, Inc.